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vBulletin Detection (HTTP)

🗓️ 03 Nov 2005 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2005 David MaciejakType 
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Detects installed vBulletin discussion forum version by sending an HTTP GET request and parsing the response

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vbulletinwww.vbulletin.com/
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2005 David Maciejak
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.17282");
  script_version("2025-05-29T05:40:25+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-05-29 05:40:25 +0000 (Thu, 29 May 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"0.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:N");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_name("vBulletin Detection (HTTP)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2005 David Maciejak");
  script_family("Product detection");
  script_dependencies("find_service.nasl", "no404.nasl", "webmirror.nasl",
                      "DDI_Directory_Scanner.nasl", "gb_php_http_detect.nasl",
                      "global_settings.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 443);
  script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"HTTP based detection of vBulletin.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.vbulletin.com/");

  exit(0);
}

include("cpe.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");
include("port_service_func.inc");

port = http_get_port( default:443 );

if( ! http_can_host_php( port:port ) )
  exit( 0 );

foreach dir( make_list_unique( "/", "/forum", "/vbulletin", "/vbulletin/forum", http_cgi_dirs( port:port ) ) ) {

  foreach file( make_list( "/index.php", "/content.php" ) ) {

    install = dir;
    if( dir == "/" )
      dir = "";

    url = dir + file;

    res = http_get_cache( port:port, item:url );
    if( ! res )
      continue;

    if( egrep( pattern:'( content=.vBulletin |alt="Logo" title="Powered by vBulletin"|id="footer-vb-copyright">Powered by.+vBulletin|name="generator" content="vBulletin)', string:res, icase:TRUE ) ) {

      version = "unknown";
      conclUrl = http_report_vuln_url( port:port, url:url, url_only:TRUE );

      vers = eregmatch( pattern:'content="vBulletin\\s+([0-9.]+)', string:res );
      if( isnull( vers[1] ) ) {
        _ver = egrep( pattern:"Powered by.*vBulletin.*Version ([0-9.]+)", string:res );
        if( _ver )
          vers = eregmatch( pattern:'Powered by.*vBulletin.*Version ([0-9.]+)', string:_ver );
      }

      if( isnull( vers[1] ) )
        vers = eregmatch( pattern:"vBulletin ([0-9.]+)", string:res, icase:TRUE );

      if( ! isnull( vers[1] ) )
        version = vers[1];

      set_kb_item( name:"vbulletin/detected", value:TRUE );
      set_kb_item( name:"vbulletin/http/detected", value:TRUE );
      set_kb_item( name:"www/can_host_tapatalk", value:TRUE ); # nb: Used in sw_tapatalk_detect.nasl for plugin scheduling optimization

      cpe = build_cpe( value:version, exp:"^([0-9.]+)", base:"cpe:/a:vbulletin:vbulletin:" );
      if( ! cpe )
        cpe = "cpe:/a:vbulletin:vbulletin";

      register_product( cpe:cpe, location:install, port:port, service:"www" );

      log_message( data:build_detection_report( app:"vBulletin", version:version, install:install,
                                                cpe:cpe, concluded:vers[0], concludedUrl:conclUrl ),
                   port:port );
      exit( 0 );
    }
  }
}

exit( 0 );

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